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KEY MESSAGES

- A low end Winter Weather Advisory continues in our south today, and may be ended early as the light snow shifts east of our CWA.

- A Cold Weather Advisory is being issued for Midnight tonight through Noon Monday, for wind chills of -15 south to -30 north.

- Below normal temperatures continue next week, with cold weather headlines possible Wednesday night.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/

Issued at 149 AM CST Sun Jan 25 2026

Light, powder sugar-like snow is falling over the southeast 1/2 of the CWA since last afternoon. Despite the long duration, most reports range from a trace to 2 inches so far, with only one report over 3 inches in northeast Missouri topping our list. Thus, the question today is how long to keep this advisory going as snow decreases this morning. I hate to cancel overnight with snow still falling, though it's quite light in nature. I think the best way forward trim the afternoon, but otherwise hold it in place now, but cancel early as snow moves out.

Today will see increasing winds and cold advection, along with decreasing cloud cover from west to east as the system pulls away from the region. Highs today, look to continue to the trend of very cold readings, mainly north, with highs of 5-10, while the south sees 10 to 13 for highs. While that's warmer than yesterday, it's still around 20 degrees below normal!

Tonight, winds will continue to blow at 10 to 20 mph, with some higher gusts, as temperatures fall to chilly lows of -10 north to -2 to -4 south. Those temperatures combined with the wind will bring wind chills down into the -15 to -20 range in our south, and the -20 to -30 range in our north 1/2. That's a solid Cold Weather Advisory forecast, which based on our hourly grids, needs to run through Noon Monday, as winds remain brisk through the morning.

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/

Issued at 149 AM CST Sun Jan 25 2026

After the cold start to Monday, some decent recovery aided by a switch over to southerly return flow south of a clipper system. Monday highs may make it into the teens by late afternoon, with single digits above zero Monday night. After Monday night it looks to remain consistently below normal, as an active northwest flow, or under the western portion of the deep upper low acrs the Great Lakes maintains it's influence on the local weather regime. There will also be occasional passing threats for light snow produced by upper wave or clippers embedded in this flow/rotating around the upper low. Wednesday may be one such say with light clipper snow possible. After that the chances for snow at this point are low in any one period as timing and position of any wave is inconsistent. That all said, cold air is in place and easy for any system to produce at least light snow even with marginal moisture available.

Lows in the 5 to -5 range are forecast many of the nights ahead, which could keep the area near advisory levels by early morning for wind chill driven headlines.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/

Issued at 444 AM CST Sun Jan 25 2026

Aside from brief vis reductions at BRL due to residual light snow, VFR conditions will prevail through the TAF period throughout the area. As the last of the light snow moves out, we will see cigs start to lift and residual clouds move out through the day. Winds will remain light and northerly, shifting northwesterly around 10 KTs. After the last of the snow moves out, we will be left with quiet aviation weather.

DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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